5.20 Hana Tsokaci Mai Tambaya
5.20 Preempting The Questioner
Kamar yadda Alƙur'ani ya bayyana Ƙiyaɗi, Isa yana gaya wa mutane asirin da suka ɓoye a cikin zurfin gidajensu,310 ya kasance al'ada ga Annabi Muhammadu ﷺ ya yi magana da tunanin zukatan waɗanda yake mu'amala da su. Misali, Wābiṣah ibn Ma‘bad ya ruwaito cewa: Na zo wurin Manzon Allah ﷺ sai ya ce, "Ka zo ne don ka tambayi game da aikin alheri da zunubi?" Na ce, "Eh." Sai ya ﷺ ya ƙuntata hannunsa, ya taɓa ƙirjina, ya ce, "Ka tuntuɓi zuciyarka. Ka tuntuɓi zuciyarka. Ka tuntuɓi zuciyarka. Zunubi shi ne abin da ke tayar da ranka kuma yake girgiza a ƙirjinka, koda mutane sun ci gaba da ba ka shawara akasin haka."311 Haka kuma, ‘Āishah , matar Annabi, ta ruwaito cewa ya ﷺ ya taɓa gaya mata, "Ko dai ki faɗa mini, ko kuwa Mai Lauyayyen Sani, Mai Sanin Komai, zai sanar da ni... Shin kin zaci Allah da ManzonSa za su rage miki?" Sai ta amsa, "Duk abin da mutane suke ɓoyewa, Allah yana sani... Eh, lallai."312 Imam al-Nawawī ya yi sharhi cewa dukkan rubuce-rubucen hannu suna danganta "Eh, lallai" ga ‘Āishah . Wato, ba tambaya ce da Annabi ya amsa da "eh" ba, don haka kamar tana tabbatar wa kanta gaskiyar abin da ta riga ta bayyana.313
Just as the Qur’an describes Jesus telling others about the secrets they concealed in the depths of their homes,310 it was common for the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to address the inner thoughts of those he interacted with. For instance, Wābiṣah ibn Ma‘bad narrated: I came to the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم and he said, “You came to ask about righteousness and sin?” I said, “Yes.” He صلى الله عليه وسلم closed his hand, tapped my chest, and said, “Consult your heart. Consult your heart. Consult your heart. Sin is what discomforts your soul and wavers in your chest, even if the people continue to advise you otherwise.”311 Similarly, ‘Āishah , the Prophet’s wife, reports that he صلى الله عليه وسلم once told her, “You will either tell me, or the Most Subtle, the Most Acquainted, will inform me… Did you think that Allah and His Messenger would shortchange you?” She responded, “Whatever people conceal, Allah knows... Yes, indeed.”312 Imam al-Nawawī comments that all the manuscripts attribute “Yes, indeed” to ‘Āishah . In other words, it was not an inquiry which the Prophet responded to in the affirmative, so it was as if she was agreeing with herself about the reality she had just attested to.313
310 Alkur'ani 3:49.
310 The Qur’an 3:49.
311 Ibn Ḥanbal, Musnad Aḥmad, 29:533 #18006; wani isnadi mai karɓuwa (ḥasan) a cewar al-Nawawī a cikin al-Arba‘īn al-Nawawīyah, #27.
311 Ibn Ḥanbal, Musnad Aḥmad, 29:533 #18006; a ḥasan (acceptable) chain according to al-Nawawī in al-Arba‘īn al-Nawawīyah, #27.
Muslim, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 2:669 #974.
312 Muslim, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 2:669 #974.
313 Yaḥyá ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī, Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (Beirut: Dār Iḥyā’ al-Turāth al-‘Arabī, 1972), 7:44.
313 Yaḥyá ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī, Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (Beirut: Dār Iḥyā’ al-Turāth al-‘Arabī, 1972), 7:44.